Feature Checklist for Study Bibles

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I’ve been slowly (more slowly than I care to admit) sinking my teeth back into the faith after a long period of having lapsed, after having, on the spur of the moment, decided to go back to mass this morning.

Even before that, though, I’d started doing a regular bible study online, and, like everything else on the internet, the readability is excellent but my retention is poor - I guess I’m just one of those people whose old enough to need it all “in black and white” to have any hope of learning anything. I’ve decided, since the bible I have is of a non-Catholic translation, to hunt down a physical study bible.

To that end, then, I was just curious as to what everyone else liked for features in their bible, or could even recommend a few. I’m talking about favourite translations, features like broad margins or double vs single column typesetting, all those sorts of things.

Portability is not especially an issue, since a study bible would mostly live at my desk and I’d rather it be big enough to highlight and annotate than have it fit comfortably into a pocket.
 
The 'Ignatius Catholic Study Bible - New Testament’ is where I would start. Ignatius Press is still working on the Old Testament (some of which is finished), but the notes in this study bible make it worth buying this ahead of time!
 
The 'Ignatius Catholic Study Bible - New Testament’ is where I would start. Ignatius Press is still working on the Old Testament (some of which is finished), but the notes in this study bible make it worth buying this ahead of time!
I don’t own this volume and yet I can still recommend it. This is the premier study Bible for Catholics and though it is only the New Testament, it is well worth the purchase because of its very wonderful footnotes.
 
I use the Navarre Bible Commentary. The translation is RSV-CE (Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition). It’s easy to understand and very user friendly. The top half of each page contains the bible text and the bottom half of each page contains its corresponding commentary. The Old Testament is in 7 volumes and the New Testament is in 3 volumes. Each book is durable, well-built, and has an artistic jacket.

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Thanks for the advice, everyone.

I’ve decided to go with the Navarre Commentary - I can buy the volumes as I go through them, and I feel (upon examination) that I might have more room for margin notes and better luck with highlighting in that edition, rather than the Ignatius one.

Just my preference, not trying to knock the other. 👍
 
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